Every lot occupied by a main building or use in an Office Building, Executive Office Park, Shopping Center, General Business, Interchange Services, Recreation Business or Hotel/Motel District shall comply with the requirements of lot area as indicated in the following schedule:
Schedule of Minimum Lot Area Requirements
District | Main Building or Use | Lot Area - Minimum Acres |
Office Building | Any permitted use | (a) 1 acre |
Executive Office Park | Any permitted use | 4.0 acres (c) |
Shopping Center | Large retail store | 20 acres |
Drive-in/drive-thru Restaurant | 2.5 acres | |
Any other permitted use | 3 acres | |
General Business | Service Station | 1.5 acres |
Automatic car wash | 1 acre (b) | |
Any other permitted use | 1 acre | |
New car franchise dealers (conditional use) | 4.0 | |
Interchange Services | Service station | 1.5 acres |
Auto garage | 1.5 | |
Service station with garage | 2.0 | |
Hotel or motel (separate) | 3.0 | |
Hotel or motel (combined with eating, assembly or recreation uses) | 4.5 | |
Restaurant (separate) | 2.0 | |
Office building | 2.0 | |
New car franchise dealer (conditional use) | 4.0 | |
Drive-in/drive-thru Restaurant | 2.5 | |
Recreation Business | Any permitted use | 1.0 |
Hotel/Motel | Hotel or Motel or Extended Stay Hotel (separate) | 3.0 |
Hotel or Motel or Extended Stay Hotel (combined with eating, assembly or recreation uses) | 4.5 | |
(a) A lot not meeting the minimum lot area may be developed if:
(1) It was a lot of record at the time of the Zoning Amendment (1987-220), and
(2) No adjacent land is commonly owned, and
(3) All other standards can be met.
(b) Provided it is demonstrated on the development plan that an area is shown for temporary storage of not less than twenty automobiles in waiting lanes.
(c) The minimum development area, i.e., the minimum area zoned for Executive Office Park District, shall be not less than 12 contiguous acres under common ownership or control. Upon recommendation of the Planning Commission and approval by Council, a site of less than 12 acres if found to be suitable for an Executive Office Park District because of location, configuration, surrounding uses or other similar conditions may be zoned Executive Office Park District. Further, upon recommendation of the Planning Commission and approval by Council, a lot of less than 4 acres may be approved for development within an Executive Office Park District if the developer submits to the Planning Commission with his development plans as required under Chapter 1220, a plan as required under Section 1125.07
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(d) The lot area upon which a motel-hotel or extended stay hotel is situated shall be not less than set forth in the above schedule or not less than 1500 square feet of lot area for each lodging unit, whichever is greater. Each lodging unit shall contain at least 275 square feet of floor area and except in the case of an extended stay hotel shall not contain cooking facilities. For purposes of determining compliance with this section, the number of lodging units shall equal the number of bedrooms within the development. (Ord. 1987-220. Passed 3-17-88; Ord. 1993-73. Passed 7-15-93; Ord. 1997-246. Passed 2-19-98; Ord. 2000-152. Passed 11-16-00; Ord. 2018-71. Passed 9-6-18.)